Economic effects of state business taxation.

• Position: Conferences

An NBER conference, "Economic Effects of State Business Taxation," supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation, took place in Cambridge on May 5. NBER President James M. Poterba of MIT and Research Associate Joshua Rauh of Stanford University organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University, and Lorenz Kueng, Northwestern University and NBER, "Shopping for Lower Sales Tax Rates"

* Julian Atanassov, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Xiaoding Liu, University of Oregon, "Taxes, Pledgeable Income, and Innovation"

* Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato, Duke University and NBER, and Owen M. Zidar, University of Chicago and NBER, "The Structure of State Corporate Taxation and Its Impact on State Tax Revenues and Economic...